Be Careful What You Wish For: A Beach Adventure
Crowded Quarters
To the joy and delight of the Sundered students who feel joy and delight over going to the beach, the Sundered students get to go to the beach in celebration of their completed midterms! Professor Trammel has graciously paid their way on the local airship, which runs regular routes on summer days to the ocean some 45 minutes away, and so every student who so desires can pack up and head onto it to enjoy a fantastic day of fun and adventure!
Slight downside: the airship is small and packed, as it keeps its fees low by relying on volume to turn a profit. The crowded travel compartment is standing-room-only, and even those who are lucky enough to get seats won't find themselves with much shoulder room. Some people may even find themselves in the lap of a fellow student, which only the most cynical and bitter of minds would abuse as a way to ship-tease (right?). The trip isn't long, just hot and stuffy. You can make it, students!
Wave Your Hands If You're Shore
The beach at last! Though the hot sun beats down from above, a gentle breeze blows in from the ocean and the water itself is delightfully cool without being icy cold. Waves run about five to six feet in height, enough to be forceful without dominating like some giant curl suitable only for surfing. Though scores of people have set up tents, umbrellas, blankets, and towels across the sands, the Diatu contingent has plenty of space to conjure up tables and chairs, an awning and plenty of shade. Professor Trammel politely deploys Spells of Sunscreening, as well as directing students to the swimwear the school has obtained and the screened canvas changing areas where they can don them. Helpfully, he's obtained all manner of suits to fit any taste, so... choose wisely? Baskets of sandwiches and drinks kept magically chilled offer sustenance for the busy swimmers, and all manner of balls, nets, and beach toys to enjoy.
The Sand Castle Contest
Early in the afternoon, Professor Trammel announces that a sand castle contest is open to all participants! The rules are as follows:
- 1. Headmaster Birony is forbidden from competing. (At this, Headmaster Birony sulkily turns Makerion Keep back into stone and sends it back to the Magicademy Campus. Ka students will be finding sand in odd places for a while.)
- 2. Students may work in teams of no more than 2.
- 3. You will have an hour to work with any of the sand-castle tools available.
- 4. Judging will be on creativity, quality, and durability.
- 5. 'Bedmaster Hirony' is forbidden from competing. (Headmaster Birony rips her fake mustache off and throws it to the ground in frustration.)
You have a few minutes to form pairs and get ready. Who will win the competition?
Teachers' Day Off
Some of the Professors, too, have taken the day off! Students are treated to the sight of Professor Trammel digging a hole in the surf so his own knocked-together sand structure goes up against the waves, leaving him to improve its walls and channels each time to make for a better hope of surviving. Professor King is teaching anyone who will listen about a new game she calls Sunder-inlota, which involved lobbing a ball through portals to get it into the other team's goal. Headmaster Birony occupies herself doing a Sorcerer's Apprentice thing with the waves, making them smash and crash against each other with glee, while Professors Porfsin and Trent fail to put campus politics aside and both spend the day trying to attract an audience with their own personal performances. And Professor Kith just... swims and enjoys herself, like a normal human being, which is probably in violation of the Adequate Wackiness In Teaching Staff Proclamation, but no one seems inclined to call her on it.
Fire in the Sky
As darkness falls over the beach, swimming comes to an end as the gathered people move to get home, their day off done. The Magicademy, however, still has some tricks up its organizational sleeve. With fires conjured along the sands, the Professors take turns cooking -- simple fare like sausages and hamburger patties, that even the less adept among them (coughCamBironycough) can't screw up. And as the last vestiges of sunlight vanish behind the horizon and the beach and ocean are both swept in darkness, Professor Trammel pulls off his final flourish: a Discovery of beautiful lights exploding in the sky, a mixture between fireworks and aurora borealis that paints the night in glory.
All in all, not a bad day. |
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diatu2019-06-19 04:01 pm
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Hi Lena!
[You gotta admit, she looks gosh darn adorable.]
Isn't this great? A real beach with real beach stuff to do! What should we do first? Building sand castles? Swimming? Collecting sea-shells? Look for mermaid corpses?
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I kinda just thought I'd soak up the sunny.
[Then she grins a bit.]
Well, someone's looking super cute.
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[Webby always wins at Compliments.]
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Uh...that's a bit much I think. But thanks.
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... So, is soaking up the sun fun?
[If so, count her in! She'll just flop right onto her back, like a dog being told to roll over.]
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I mean, depends on who you ask. Some people might think it's boring.
But the right company couldn't hurt.
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[She folds her hands on her chest, humming a bit.]
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This is...peaceful.]
...Wanna do something else?
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LET'S GO SWIMMING!
[Eager to actually move and do something, she grabs Lena by the hand and begins dragging her.]
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Whoa...! Hang on a second, Pink.
[Pulling her hand from Webby's for a moment, she then removes the shirt she's wearing, revealing the swimsuit underneath.]
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Ah, like the shedding of a cocoon to reveal a beautiful butterfly!
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Where do you come up with these things?
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[What other answer was she expecting?]
I want to do all the swimming-related things! Canonballs, backstrokes, doggy paddles, cramps!
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Kicking off her shoes, she walked over to catch up with Webby.]
Not so much the cramps for me. But if you really want 'em, we should grab something to eat first.
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[And now she's distracted again. Once more, she grabs Lena's wrist and prepared to be DRAGGED-]
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Over that way, Pink.
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